7 Ways Black History Was Made During Black History Month

This is Black excellence.

Black History month allows folks to celebrate all of the great firsts made by African Americans.

This February, several people made firsts, smashed records and broke down barriers. Actors, actresses, athletes, activists and more made headlines in sports, movies and politics. Yes, people represented for #BlackExcellence.

Let’s take a look at all the people who had big moments in real time:

Black Panther The Movie, Black Panther The Movement

No film had a bigger moment this month than Black Panther, which is the highest-rated superhero film of all-time, according to Screen Rant. But it’s more than a record-setting movie: Black Panther, with all its unapologetically African-American glory, has sparked a movement. The #BlackPantherChallenge swept the nation, and African fashions took center stage as expressions of Black cultural pride. The movie has also gone beyond theaters into the classroom as educators create curriculums to teach students about the African diaspora. Black Panther is showing folks how to secure the bag!

“Consider this: a film that explores what it means to be black, centered on a black superhero, featuring a mostly-black cast, and helmed by a black director is on pace to be one of Marvel's biggest blockbusters.”https://t.co/WQS0j2IfUc

Super Bowl 2018

The Philadelphia Eagles finally took home their first win and Lombardi trophy in a spectacular game against the New England Patriots earlier this month. The team’s third trip to the big game was a charm: They lost to the Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX 13 years ago and to the Raiders in Super Bowl XV in 1981, SB Nation reported.

Black Woman Takes Over Nascar

Melissa Harville-Lebron, the first Black woman to own a Nascar team, made her racing debut on February 18. The CEO of W. M. Stone Enterprises and owner of E2 Northeast Motorsports and her team debuted at Daytona as part of the Camping World Truck Series, Afro reported.

14. Audra Segree, Jamaica

Continue reading Meet All The Black People Competing In The 2018 Winter Olympics

Meet All The Black People Competing In The 2018 Winter Olympics

This year's installment of the Winter Olympic Games is the most diverse its ever been, with an increasing number of Black athletes competing for gold medals in sports that are not traditionally associated with people of color.
Not including the 10 American Olympians, there are a handful of other Black competitors from countries that don't have a cold winter season, let alone see a single flake of snow, which makes their qualifications for the Games all the more impressive. By contrast, just 10 Black people competed in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
The opening ceremony is Friday, with the Games being held through February 25 in Pyeongchang County, South Korea.
Black women, who have been busy trying to save America from itself, make up the bulk of Team USA. Will they be able to win in South Korea, too?
Here's a closer look at all of the Black people competing in PyeongChang 2018.
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